Problem
Read each prompt describing how various researchers obtained their samples and determine which sampling technique was used. Each sampling technique listed below is used only once.
a) Simple Random Sampling
b) Oversampling
c) Stratified Random Sampling
d) Systematic Sampling
e) Cluster Sampling
f) Convenience Sampling
g) Quota Sampling
h) Purposive Sampling
i) Snowball Sampling
A. A researcher is studying attitudes towards immigration based on political ideology. They make sure their sample matches the demographic break down of Texas politics: 52% Republican, 46% Democrat, 2% Independent.
B. A researcher has a list of all athletes at a local university (N = 1,273) and used a random number generator to select 150 of the athletes to participate in a study about exercise and stress.
C. A researcher wants to study the effect of discrimination in a population of LGBTQ individuals.
D. A researcher is studying the mental and physical effects of being bullied. At the end of the study, the researcher asks the participants to identify three peers who may also be victims of bullying.